Hydrogen, ethanol, electric and air cars, the media has covered many alternative fuel vehicles in recent months due to rising oil and gas prices. But, one alternative fuel that hasn’t gotten much attention is the use of liquid anhydrous ammonia (NH3). Liquid ammonia burns inside internal combustion engines without any CO2 emissions. Ammonia is one […]
Continue ReadingOcean Power Technologies has teamed up with Griffin Wave Energy, ltd. to bring a wave power station to Western Australia. Griffin is already one of the leading suppliers of diversified energy in Western Australia delivering electricity from gas, coal and wind power. Ocean Power Technologies is slated to hand over a turnkey wave power station […]
Continue ReadingA few weeks back I had talked about how residential solar panels would become less expensive for some in California, especially those in Santa Cruz. Well, now its large neighbor to the north, San Francisco seeks to become the first solar megalopolis in the United States. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has just passed […]
Continue ReadingBack in March, Dutch company Blue H Technologies announced that they intend to install the first U. S. floating deep water wind farm off of Martha’s Vineyard. The 420 MW wind farm will be constructed mostly on land and then floated out into position for the final work. This method of construction lessens the ecological […]
Continue ReadingWith skyrocketing prices as the fuel pumps, gas savers are getting red hot. It seems like every time now days that you drive by the gasoline station, the prices have jumped again. That is why many motorists are looking towards gas savers to help with their wallets along with the positive environmental impact of using […]
Continue ReadingHave you gotten a little cranky because you’re unable to use your portable solar charger at night to recharge your cell phone, GPS or other portable device? Are you even more cranky since you’re miles from nowhere and need just five minutes of juice to do what you need to do. Well, instead of getting […]
Continue ReadingRonn Motors of Austin, Texas yesterday unveiled their Scorpion exotic car, which can flat out run. Not only that, it exceeds current and future U. S. CAFÉ standard for automobile gas mileage. With zero to 60 mph acceleration in under 4 seconds, the Ronn Scorpion fits well in the supercar class. But, it’s also a […]
Continue ReadingIn Elgin, Illinois, Sherman Health is building a new hospital that will be heated and cooled by a 15-acre lake. By using the 17-foot deep artificial lake’s natural geothermal properties the hospital will be kept at an even temperature all year long, saving the facility a cool $1 million in utility bills. When the new […]
Continue ReadingThe beef against residential solar panels for so many years is that they have been too expensive to install upon one’s home. But, at least in California the price of residential solar panels will be coming down considerably. A bill passed by state Assemblyman Mark Leno (no relation to Jay Leno) has just passed 76-0 […]
Continue ReadingOn Leap Year Day this year (February 29) I had talked about a new solar iPhone charger that was on the market from Freeloader. Now, Apple has taken a leap of its own by filing for a patent for a solar iPhone 2.0. Of course photovoltaic cells on small portable devices have been around for […]
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